Mat holder



Feb. 5 1924. 1,482,399

w. B INGLIS MAT HOLDER Filed ,qune l. 1922 ya k mllz'amfllnyh'g- Patented Feb. 5, 1924.

WILLIA I VFB. INGI'IIS, OF PAWTUCKET;'RHODE'ISLAND.

M'AT. HOLDER.

Applicationifileddune 1,

To all whom it may 0mm 7 y Be it known that. I, NVILLJAM B. IiieLIs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pawtucket, in the county of Pawtucket and State of Rhode Island,I have invented certainnew and useful'lmprovements in Mat Holders, of which the following is a specification-. N

This invention relates to improvements in a holderfor mats such asthose mounted on the running boards of automobiles, or on other supports, and the object of this inven- 7 tion isto provideasimpleand practical construction ofholder for a mat to which the mat-may .be readily] secured in such a way-that it'wi ll be locked in the holder against being removed byunauthorized per sons when-the holder is secured to a floor or other support. 7 v

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists ofcertain novel features of'construction, as will be more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Intthe 'accompanying drawings Figure l is a perspective view showing a portionof a vehicle' on the running board of which my improved holder is mounted.

Figure 2 is a detail in perspective illustrating the frame with the mat removed.

Figure 3 is a detail perspective View of the crossbar provided with bendable, looking or clinching fingers for securing the bar to the under side of the mat.

Figure 4: is a perspective view showing a pair of bars as secured to the under side of the mat.

Figure 5 is a transverse section on line 5-5 of Figure 6, showing the cross-bar with its bendable fingers as secured to the body portion of the mat.

Figure 6 is a longitudinal sectional view of the mat and the holder, illustrating the preferred means for locking the holder to the floor or running board.

. Figure 7 is a transverse sectional view showing another means for locking the holder to a running board of 'a vehicle,

It is found in practice of advantage to provide a frame for removably securing a mat to the running boards of automobiles or to other supports, and to provide means whereby such a mat may be locked inthe frame so that it cannot be removed therefrom by unauthorized persons when the frame is secured in position to a floor or 1922. Serial mi 565367;

ignates theframe portion of a holder for a mat 9, which ispreferably constructed of a strip of iron bent into a rectangular shape in outline to fit about the edges of the mat,

or to providea frame open at its top and gottom sides into which the mat may tightly It is found inpra'cticethatif the mat is simply held in this frame by friction that it could be removed from the frame by an unauthorized person. Therefore to prevent this, I have devised a very simple and inexpensive meansofsecuring the mat in theframe, which isthat of providing a pair of metal strips 11 to serve as crossbars to fit in the notches 12 in the under edge, of the frame formed to receive them and to turnthe outerends 13 of these crossbars upwardly so as to engage the outer surface of the frame as best shown in Figure 5.] As a convenient means for fastening these cross bars to the under side of the mat, I have providedomeach, a pair of'integral fingers 14 cut and raised from the stock, which fingers are adapted to be inserted through the braided background portion 15 of the mat and then bent inwardly or clinched onto this portion as at 16, to lock the bar securely and permanently to the mat.

In positioning a mat in the frame it 1s first inserted from the back of the frame and the ends of the cross-bars are positioned in their recesses 12, the extremities of the bar, gripping tightly against the outer surface of the frame. I then permanently secure this frame to the floor or running board. whereby when so secured the mat is locked inthe frame and cannot be removed there from unless the whole frame is removed from the floor.

Any suitable or desired means may be prov vided for securing this frame to a floor or running board, but that preferably employed is a pair of clamp hooks 17 adapted to hook over the upper edges of the frame in the notches 18, their lower ends extending through the floor or running board 19, when mounted upon a. vehicle, and a nut 20 is threaded onto the lower end of the shank to bind the holder in position.

In some instances it is desired to secure a set of scraping bars 21 to the frame 10, for

dirt or mud from the purpose of removing before Wiping the It will be seen by my improved construction of holder, that I have provided a very simple, inexpensive and yet practical means for locking the mat in the frame thereof and that by securing the frame in position on the floor or running board the mat is simultaneously secured in the frame against being removed by unauthorized persons.

The foregoing description is directed solely towards the construction illustrated, but I desire it to be understood that I reserve the privilege of resorting to all the mechanical changes to which the device i susceptible, the invention being defined and limited only by the terms of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A holder for floor mats comprising a frame for embracing the edges of the mat, means secured to the under side of the mat to extend under the edges of said frame, and means for securing the frame to the floor to retain the first named means and mat in its frame.-

2. A holder for floor mats comprising a frame adapted to embrace the edges of the mat, a cross bar attached to the under side of the mat and arranged to engage said frame to prevent withdrawal of the mat upwardly through the frame, and means for securing the frame to the floor.

3. A holder for floor mats comprising a frame for embracing the edges of the mat, a cross-bar attached to the under side of the mat and having extending ends to engage the under edges of the frame, andmeans for securing the frame to the floor.

4. A holder for floor mats comprising a frame for embracing the edges of the mat, having notches in its under edge, a cross-bar engaging said notches having bendable fingers inserted into the body of the mat and clinched thereinto, and means for securing the frame to the floor. r

5. A holder for floor mats comprising a I frame for embracing the edges of the mat,

said frame being provided with a scraping bar along its front edge, means for removably securing the mat to the frame, and clamping mean for securing the frame to the floor.

6. A holder for floor mats comprising a frame for embracing the edges of. the mat, a cross-bar attached to the under side of the mat and having upturned ends to fit over the under edge of the frame to retain the mat in the frame, and means vfor securing the frame to the floor. I

In testimony whereof I affix my'signature.

WILLIAM B. INGLIS. 

